{"id":45,"date":"2023-10-02T17:51:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/?p=45"},"modified":"2023-10-23T17:53:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T17:53:48","slug":"podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Studying impacts of true crime media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>True crime podcasts can be either healing or retraumatizing for crime victims or their loved ones. A Nebraska researcher is exploring the popular genre with an eye toward developing best practices for the industry, journalists and perhaps even the justice system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True crime podcasts have exploded in popularity in recent years, but people\u2019s embrace of crime as entertainment is nothing new. Agatha Christie is the No. 1-selling novelist of all time, noted Kelli Boling, assistant professor of advertising and public relations.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 73% of true crime podcast listeners are women, and Boling\u2019s research has focused on listeners who have experienced domestic violence themselves. For many, the listening experience can be healing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re putting themselves in the same situation, but this time they have complete control, and it becomes healing instead of traumatizing.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Boling_OR_23_008-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Boling_OR_23_008-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Boling_OR_23_008-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Boling_OR_23_008-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Boling_OR_23_008-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Boling_OR_23_008.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelli Bohling, front, Kaitlin Van Loon and Haley Hamel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But true crime podcasts also can be exploitative, sensationalistic and turn killers into celebrities. This can make victims and co-victims \u2013 friends and loved ones of victims \u2013 feel revictimized, Boling said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"quote_paragraph\"><span class=\"fade_in_text\">\u201cThere is good in the genre. <\/span><span class=\"fade_in_text\">I think the good outweighs the bad,\u201d <\/span><span class=\"fade_in_text\">she said. <\/span><span class=\"fade_in_text\">The genre helps educate women <\/span><span class=\"fade_in_text\">on how to avoid being victims.<\/span><span class=\"fade_in_text\"> Some in law enforcement have begun welcoming<\/span><span class=\"fade_in_text\"> podcasts that focus on cold cases<\/span><span class=\"fade_in_text\"> as a potential jump start to an investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boling\u2019s research involves interviewing co-victims of crimes covered by popular true crime media to better understand how their lives are affected and to create best practices for the true crime media industry and potentially the criminal justice system. She also plans to survey 5,000 people. Among the issues she wants to explore: listeners\u2019 perceptions of ethics in the business, and their perceptions of the differences between podcasts produced by journalists and those from nonjournalists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For her part, the only true-crime podcasts Boling listens to nowadays are hosted by journalists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She hopes her research can build on the genre\u2019s benefits.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"\">\u201cWe\u2019re at a really critical place<\/span><span class=\"\"> where the genre can become <\/span><span class=\"\">the lowest of the low <\/span><span class=\"\">or it can take a stronger step <\/span><span class=\"\">in the direction of justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True crime podcasts can be either healing or retraumatizing for crime victims or their loved ones. 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